zuó
笮
bamboo rope; bamboo bridge
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
rope made of twisted bamboo strips; bamboo cable
Historically used in southwestern China for building suspension bridges (笮桥). The character is written as 筰 in traditional script for this meaning.
Gǔ古
dài代
xī西
nán南
dì地
qū区
cháng常
yòng用
zuó笮
lái来
jià架
shè设
qiáo桥
liáng梁
。
Ancient southwestern regions often used bamboo cables to construct bridges.
Zhè这
zuò座
zuó笮
qiáo桥
yǐ已
jīng经
yǒu有
jǐ几
bǎi百
nián年
de的
lì历
shǐ史
le了
。
This bamboo rope bridge has a history of several hundred years.
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Tā他
men们
yòng用
zhú竹
zuó笮
qiān牵
yǐn引
huò货
wù物
guò过
hé河
。
They used bamboo cables to transport goods across the river.